07-09-25 a great day
This morning, I could feel myself sliding into a mental state that I don’t like to be in as I should be on Vancouver Island getting super involved in the festival today. I found myself obsessed with my Lego, which is not a bad thing. I’ve had these kits for over a year or some of them, but I knew that it was a method of distraction and I wasn’t even going to get to work at a decent time. I completed my C-3PO that brings me joy.
As I was getting ready to leave, I received a phone call from Rae-Anne who is in charge of organizing all things for Encore for Rockin’ the Kooteney’s in August. She wondered if I would be interested in a paid gig being in charge of the hospitality for the bands backstage. I can’t tell you how instantaneously I responded yes. This is exactly something that I am trained to do. She needed to put in the bid in order to get the gig, but felt pretty sure they would get it as they did it last year. After a day of work and Rotary board meeting that was very productive I met her at her office and we went through pricing out all of the riders for cost so that we could put the bid in. She confirmed with the owners that I would like to do the gig and how much she would like to pay me and they agreed! I also think that Will would be a good helper, so they agreed to hire him on an hourly basis potentially to help me out with loading in and giving me breaks when I need them. It’s honestly perfect timing. This is something that I could potentially do on a regular basis if the city likes what I do and Encore is happy with the result.
I came home and have been building my R2-D2 but this time it doesn’t feel so much as a distraction as simply something that I really am enjoying doing.
It was also cool to find out today that Wendy, my friend from decades ago on Salt Spring and the Peru trip may be interested in her and her sister-in-law joining the cruise for a week or two. That would be so much fun.
All in all, it was a very good day
triumphgal 